With the festive season not long behind us and the promise of a new year still in our grasp, we invite you to watch Pete’s story. After his rental property became unaffordable and followed shortly by a relationship breakdown, Pete spent two years sleeping rough in his car within the Springfield community. During this time, Pete experienced so much. From the generosity and kindness of local community members who shared food and clothes and sought Read more…
In describing her favourite colour Jackie might have just given us a profound metaphor for her life so far. Knowing something wonderful exists, and whilst out of reach for the moment, envisaging herself in it all the same. Jackie has just graduated from Year 12 when we meet her, and she is excitedly awaiting her ATAR results. She has been an exemplary school student. Studious while positively contributed to school culture. In fact, she has Read more…
“Grateful the Nurses Are Here” For a very long time, it has been evident to us as an organisation that the Ipswich community needed an on-the-ground health care service, most significantly for those people sleeping rough. The very definition of innovation is to find a new idea or method to problem-solve. So, in the knowledge that Beddown donors are driven to support people experiencing homelessness with a health and wellbeing response, commencing in May 2024, Read more…
13,000 people engaged with at least one of our programs in the 2023-2024 period, double, plus some more from the previous year—a year of huge impact. At last week’s Annual General Meeting, our CEO Paul and Deputy CEO Nerissa delivered inCommunity Inc’s 2023-2024 Annual Report: Innovate. Inspire. Independent. This report explores how these three words embody the ‘in’ within inCommunity and how we embed them at each touchpoint of our organisation as we seek to Read more…
The Tenancy Skill Institute and inCommunity Connect team members were honoured to join in the celebrations at Saturday’s awards night. Through our cross-sector collaboration work, we have built extraordinary connections with the Real Estate Industry, an essential stakeholder in our organisation’s drive to address the issue of homelessness. It was also terrific to see long-term supporters of our organisation inCommunity Inc be recognised for their excellence, such as Laura Valenti and her team at McGrath North Read more…
Laid-back, polite, good-natured, and open to the future, 20-year-old Omar* is like any young person you may know. He is ready for the world of crypto, AI, and whatever good fortune lies ahead. We meet Omar on his last day at Hargreaves House, inCommunity Connect’s crisis accommodation program for young people. He has just ticked off his final goal set here: securing long-term accommodation, and he is beaming. Omar has just signed a lease for Read more…
inCommunity Inc held its inaugural Staff Conference on Monday. Bringing our teams together for a day to focus on where our organisation originates, what we’re achieving today as a specialist housing and homelessness service, and highlighting our focus for a bright tomorrow! A special opportunity for our organisation to come together to deepen our collective knowledge, reflect and discuss our learnings, strengthen our team’s collaboration and wellbeing, and build our future together. Highlights? There were Read more…
Thank you Ipswich Real Estate Network for your time today attending our Cross-Sector Connection Event, hosted by Peter Brewer, REIQ Chairperson and Ambassador to the Tenancy Skills Institute. A chance for Property Managers to connect with the Tenancy Skills Institute and the inCommunity Connect Case Management Team to discover ways we can work together to deliver early intervention strategies – keeping tenancies at risk on track! Following our teams’ presentations, attendees engaged in a meaningful discussion Read more…
“One day you wake up and it’s now just me. I’m calling the shots, what do I want for myself? I had to move quick.” Ashlee, 20, reflects on the moment she decided to commence participating in inCommunity Connect’s programs when she was 16. At the time, she was a Year 11 student working at a fast-food chain, “I was nervous and unsure if I wanted to enter the program. But I took that big Read more…
inCommunity Inc’s Inaugural Internship Program launches today! Belinda, Carly and Jasper are excited to join the inCommunity team as part of our paid 12-month Case Manager Internship Program for our Specialist Housing and Homelessness Service, commencing with their dedicated Induction Day. This session covers a range of foundational learnings for Belinda, Carly and Jasper including inCommunity’s Why, Just Cause and Values shared by our CEO Paul and Deputy CEO Nerissa. And meeting their Mentors including Read more…